I totally agree with the OP,i leveld a warrrior to level 60 in vanilla wow with 3 friends beside me the whole way and i said thank god thats over at the end.
I hate questing,nothing bores me more even the thought of it,so any expansion that hit after vanilla i was paying gold companys or rl friends to do the leveling for me and thats how i got my hunter to level 70 and priest to 85 at any new xpansion,its the only way it was gonna get done.
I love raiding and BGs and thats the reason i played wow for 7 years,but i have to say so far i have immensely enjoyed the questing in swtor,its like nothin ive done before and also it really pulls you in like you have big decisions to make and you really have a connection with your char,so yeah this game so far has greatly changed my mind about questing.